The Russian budget deficit by the end of 2026 could exceed the current target by almost three times due to a decrease in oil and gas revenues and rising costs, Reuters reported yesterday. Mainly due to the fall in purchases of Russian oil by India and the increase in discounts on it. What's happened?

The Russian budget deficit may be three times higher than planned. The problem is rising costs with falling oil prices TASS

Over the course of several months, dozens of tankers from the Russian shadow fleet hastily changed their flags and moved from dubious islands to Russian jurisdiction. This was a desperate attempt to protect ships carrying sanctioned oil from being captured by Western countries and from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Let's figure out whether coming out of the shadows will help the shadow fleet.

Against the backdrop of fierce competition, OpenAI, which grew out of a research laboratory, is increasingly focusing on the development of its flagship product - ChatGPT. But non-core developments and fundamental research seem to be fading into the background. 📍 Subscribe to The Bell Tech Change of course OpenAI is going through some tough times right now.

The Russian budget deficit by the end of 2026 could exceed the current target by almost three times due to a decrease in oil and gas revenues and rising costs, writes Reuters. The agency refers to calculations by a think tank close to the government that were not intended for publication. The budget, according to calculations, will lack 18% of oil and gas revenues. Its total revenues will be 6% lower than planned: 37.9 trillion rubles compared to the planned 40.3 trillion rubles.

Quotes of the Danish Novo Nordisk fell by 17% today, and the once most valuable company in Europe has again fallen out of the top 10. Since the beginning of the year, its quotes have fallen by almost 10%, over the past year - twice. The company is now only twice as valuable as it was before the Ozempic boom. The reason for today's fall of the pioneer of a new generation of anti-obesity drugs is the forecast of a 13% drop in sales this year.

Discounts on Russian oil for Indian refineries have risen to more than $10 a barrel relative to Brent - three times higher than before US sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil in October. Russia is trying to retain its largest buyer after Donald Trump announced a deal with India: the US will reduce import duties in exchange for Delhi's refusal of Russian oil. What's happening On Monday, Trump announced a trade deal with India, the key condition of which was the refusal to purchase Russian oil.

The Microsoft Copilot chatbot, which the company has made the center of its AI strategy, is losing users, writes WSJ. The share of paid subscribers using Copilot as their primary tool fell from 18.8% in July to 11.5% at the end of January. Over the same period, the share of those who chose Google Gemini increased from 12.8% to 15.7%, a survey of 150 thousand users from Recon Analytics showed.

Two Russian spacecraft are likely intercepting communications from at least a dozen key European satellites, European security officials told the Financial Times. What's happened? We are talking about the Luch-1 and Luch-2 satellites, which over the past three years, as tensions between Russia and the West grew, have repeatedly performed suspicious maneuvers in orbit, writes FT.

Philipp Katzenberger/Unsplash THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT. 18+ On Tuesday, software makers and data providers around the world lost $300 billion in capitalization after Anthropic, the developer of ChatGPT competitor Claude, released new AI tools for lawyers, marketers and support services.